This 19th-century fountain's namesake animal isn't what you think it is.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.